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Nukuleka

I doubt that there will be any ‘moving stories’ posted on Seymour’s site about those folk in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium where their voluntary euthanasia laws have been abused and ignored and have resulted in increased numbers of people being involuntarily euthanized.

billmurray

I am not a ACT member or indeed supporter, but I want to say that David Seymour is proving to me that he is probably the best thing since sliced bread in parliament at the moment. He is respected and liked by most parliamentary journalists. He also commands a lot of respect from parliamentary foes and colleagues alike. Euthanasia was once a Labour party policy but gutless and stupid Andrew Little got scared of the policy when he got the leadership and got it dropped. I wish David and our Parliament all the best in their endeavours.

nasska

Nukuleka opens for the conservative Godstruck by whining about ” those folk in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium where their voluntary euthanasia laws have been abused and ignored and have resulted in increased numbers of people being involuntarily euthanized.”

No problem. Why don’t we instead create laws similar to the Oregon Death with Dignity Act of 1994? This legislation has allowed assisted suicide for over twenty years without abuse or coercion.

Johnboy

The wise city fathers of Wainui also left room down the main road for train tracks however the tunnel was never put through!

This left us with a magnificent main highway through most of the valley good for three lanes each way.

The fucktard traffic engineers division of the HCC has artificially narrowed the road with millions of dollars worth of paint and stupid cycle lanes/pedestrian brick things so us competent drivers now have to break the law to get to pass the retards that can only do 40kph. 🙂

I think the Oregon and recently the California laws make a lot of sense though sadly people are so afraid of the bad things happening they, as with David Seymour’s proposed bill, include safety measures to make impossible hoops for people to jump through.
I do not support euthanasia which is a fancy name for somebody killing [an]other[s] but those providing the means for somebody to end their own life [ a glass of water with the medication to be drunk as I read about one Oregon woman ] should not face the law.

Gabby

Reboot

Bills like these such as the homosexual marriage bill do not really need to be debated.

As Christians die out in New Zealand, and as the new generation of young people start to vote, things like this will naturally pass into law. The fact that there is more support for this bill than there was for Labour’s bill before it and NZ First’s before that is simply due to changing demographics, not due to the effort of activists.

The reality is Seymour really needs to start doing what ACT needs him to do, which is represent the interests of taxpayers and businesses.

Unfortunately, with no real world business experience behind him or any sort of credibility on economic issues such as cutting taxes or international trade, he will always simply serve as National’s little bitch. A career politician like Jacinda Arden. If ACT want to become relevant again one day and make a real change in New Zealand’s economy, like Richardson once did, and Douglas before her, then they need to have a new leader by the next election. Someone with business experience, a business leader who is well respected by the community. What was Seymour’s old job again, working for a political think-tank? How is that any different from what Jacinda Arden was doing? An undersecretary introducing euthanasia bills simply isn’t going to cut it and he will only end up like Jim Anderton and Peter Dunne if he continues as leader. I’d rather ACT die and a new party rises up to represent the right than just always be Epsom’s seat-warmer.

I found the website quite informative and the rebuttals of anti-euthanasia arguments quite good. It’ll be interesting to see how anti-euthanasia groups like the Care Alliance, Euthanasia-Free New Zealand, Family First and Right to Life respond to this.